> I don't think that is evident at all. Clear writing will resonate with the reader far more than hackneyed, pretentious constructions. Then why are all the mo

> I don't think that is evident at all. Clear writing will resonate with the reader far more than hackneyed, pretentious constructions. Then why are all the most popular news sources full of clickbait, inflammatory headlines, and cliffhanger hooks? > Many of the best communicators in history successfully employed "simpler" verbal constructions than those Orwell rails against. History is written by historians, and historians are biased toward things that interest them. Simpler verbal constructions might get written about more by an educated historian, but that doesn't necessarily mean they were the most influential in their time.